Lying About Lying 1206146301 Having just finished conducting my portion of a training program on organizational leadership, I decided to hang around and listen to the next presenter. It proved unsettling. His subject was interpersonal communication. However, curiously, he began by promising the participants he would teach them how to spot someone in the act of lying. This particular mind-reading capacity would serve them well in their business and personal dealings, he claimed. Surveys suggest many folks believe they can discern when another person is being disingenuous. How? By observing what psychologists call âmicro-expressions.â Ostensibly, subtle behaviors like eye movements, facial twitches, shifts in vocal tone and a slew of other autonomic responses unmask those who seek to deceive. These so-called indicators differ from those measured by lie detector tests, which record biometric markers like respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, etc. Of course, lie detectors are inherently unreliable, and their results are largely inadmissible in criminal proceedings.